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To: tejek who wrote (181630)	1/28/2004 2:24:10 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577893

First, you don't know what Bush, and more importantly, Cheney have planned for Iraq. They tend to say one thing and do another. It is possible to judge from peoples actions. The US is not acting like a power that is trying to turn Iraq in to a permanent colony. Its not necessary to read minds to come to a reasonable conclusion. As for saying one thing and doing another that hasn't been the case in terms of American foreign policy under Bush. Bush gets a lot of criticism for what he does do or for how he justifies his actions but he has a track record in foreign and security policy of doing what he said he will do. In Afghanistan it was an obvious case of the Soviets establishing proxy control. There are some people who think we will establish such control in Iraq but in Afghanistan everyone (except perhaps the totally ignorant) knew what the Soviets where up to. I would be very surprised if you turn out to be right. I think Iran already may be giving some aid to the insurgents. Well obviously one of us will be surprised. Iran may give aid, other countries might as well, but it will be small scale and as covert as possible rather then the massive and only nominally covert effort the US, Pakistan and others made to supply and train the opposition in Afghanistan. They have been extremely effective at fighting the insurgents. Such bs........where did you get that line.....straight from the Nat. Review or FOX? From the news and reports of the actual events which are from any number of news sources including CNN and the New York Times. Almost invariably when we have a fight with the opposition they get the worst of it. Of course they aren't total idiots so they avoid getting in to fights with US forces most of the time. BTW where do you think they are getting their advanced weaponry? They aren't getting that much that would reasonably be called advanced weaponry, but then advanced weaponry isn't need for a low level resistance. rifles, grenades, RPGs, and improvised traps and mines are enough. They are getting better at making mines and traps but they aren't the only force in the area that can and has been learning new ways to conduct operations. This is the temps in winter Of course but you said "In case you hadn't noticed, our guys are really flagging under that heat." I was merely pointing out how that was not the case. Even when summer rolls around again the heat will not severely hamper our operations. American soldiers won't need to wear mop gear any more or conduct to many fights that are not quickly over. A prolonged battle or even a suspected chemical attack (requiring protective equipment to be worn) would make the heat a lot harder to handle but neither is likely, and even in those circumstances our military is up to the challenge. Tim